Convertible bed and seat.



WITIVESSES P. HERBOLD.

CONVERTIBLE BEDl AND SEAT.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 23. 1912 1,033,013. Patented Ju1y16,1912.

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CONVERTIBLE BBD AND SEAT. PPLIoATIoN FILED MAR. 2a, 1912.

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PHILIP HERBOLD, or GALION, oHIo.

CONVERTIBLE BED AND SEAT.

T0 all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP HERBOLD, citizen of the United States,residing at Galion, in the county of Crawford and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Convertible Beds andSeats, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to convertible beds and seats, and is animprovement on the article shown in my application, Serial No. 619931.

The object of thel present invention is to provide improved means forconverting the larticle from a bed to a seat, or vice versa, so that itmay be more readily and easily changed from one to the other.

A further object of the invent-ion is to provide an improved stop orsupport to assist in holding the parts in posit-ion when adjusted toform a seat.

In the accompanying drawings-Figure 1 is a perspective view of thearticle in partly converted position, as in changing from bed to seat,or vice versa. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device when folded toform a seat- Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the article adjusted to forma bed.

The main parts of the article are similar to those described in my aboveentitled application. That is, 6 indicate the main legs braced by barsGa and upper bars 24Y at t-he ends. The back frame 8 swings up and downon pivots 7 at the top of the rear legs, and the end pieces of said backframe have lugs 25 which stop against the end bars 2e when the back isswung down to form the bed, to prevent upward tilting of back frame 8 athinged point. rIhe seat frame has side pieces 21 and a front piece 21,and legs 16 at the front, and the rear ends of the side bars 21 areconnected to the lower ends of the side pieces of the back frame S bymeans of links 12, the links being hinged as at 27 to the seat and backframes respectively. 30 is a cross bar extending between the rear endsof the pieces 21 for t-he purpose ofmaking the back part of the seatframe rigid, so that it cannot spread or be drawn together by the strainof the spring fabric or the like with which the frames will be covered.This fabric is omitted from the drawings, for the sake of clearnesssince the invention relates to the frame structures which may be coveredwith any material desired and provided with suit- Speccation of LettersPatent.

Application filed March 23, 1912.

Patented July 16, 1912. serial No. 685,888.

able pads or upholstery. The above described parts are substantially thesame as those disclosed in my application above referred to.

A new feature of the present invention is the use of links 22 which arepivoted to the side pieces 21 on the seat frame, as indicated at 22a,and also to the front ends of the side bars 24, as indicated at 22h.These links 22 guide or control the movement of the seat frame, as it isshifted in or out to form either a seat or a couch or a bed. Then theparts are adjusted to form a seat as in Fig. 2 t-he side bars 21 of theseat frame iit in between the side bars 24 of the fixed or main frame,and the inner ends of said bars 21 are then supported on inwardlyprojecting flanges or brackets 26 attached to the bars 21, the links 22folding down between the bars 21 and 24. When the device is to beconverted into a bed, the seat frame is pulled upwardly and forwardly,and swings over on the links 22 to .the extended position shown in Fig.3, and by the same action the back 8 is swung down and the links 12 areswung up and out or unfolded, to rest on the lugs 2G, whereby the back8, the links 12, and the seat frame 21 are all in the same plane,suitable to support and form a bed bottom. The links 22 serve to holdthe seat frame in position and to enable it to' be more easily operatedthan if they were omitted.

As a further improvement I provide the rear ends of the bars 21 withdownwardly projecting .stops 23 which depend in such position that whenthe device is adjusted to form a seat, as shown in Fig. 2, the links 12will abut against said pieces 23. This prevents any further swing ofsaid links and assists in holding the back in position, rigidly,preventing any looseness or tendency of the parts to yield or buckleunder the effect of pressure on the back, and when in the position shownin Fig. 2 the lugs 25 stop against the rear legs 6, as shown in saidii'gure, whereby the lower end of the back is, so to speak, confinedbetween the stops 23 and the rear legs 6, which serves to prevent anylooseness or movement of the back under pressure.

Vhat I claim as new is:

1. In a convertible bed and seat, the combination of a fixed frame, aback frame pivoted to the fixed frame to swing to horizontal or uprightposition, a seat frame, swinging links connecting the sides of the seatfreine, :mtl the iiXed fizune, :1nd permit/ting the seat freine to he.shifted in o1' ont :it the front of the fixed frame, and pivotetl linksconnecting the lower end of the back frame and the seat freine.

Q. In a convertible hed und seat., the oombination of n Xecl fi'mne, ziback yfreine pivotetl thereto to swing to horizontal o1' nplightposition, u seat freine shiftable in or out at the front of the fixedfreine, pivoted links connecting' the rear enel of the seat :traine :mtlJthe lower enel of the back freine, and stops projecting from the seatfreine and arranged to be sti'nck by, und liinit the swing` of, saidlinks7 when the seat freine is shifted in and the heel; freine is swungto upright posit-ion.

In n Convertible bed :incl sent, the Coinbinntionof :L iXecl freine, nback frame pivotecl to the reni part of the fixed freine and adapted toswing to either upright or horizontal position,- L sent traine,swinging?T links Connecting the opposite .sides of the seat freine andthe sides oi the fixed ii'zn'ne, links Connecting the reni' end of thesent freine :1nd the lower end of the beek freine, and stops projectingfrom the seat freine and arranged to be struck by the last mentionedlinks when the heel; freine is swung to upright position.

In testimony whereof, do alii); iny signature in presence of twowitnesses.

PHUJP HERBOLD. lVitnesses:

A. J. I-ERROLD, FRANK WT. Cl-IAMBERLAIN.

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